Podcast with Michelle Grattan: A reprimand for Christensen and Morrison on climate
As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where…
With the release of a terrifying IPCC report, Australia must face its wilful political blindness on climate
I remember the acute frustration of watching one of the US news feeds on September 11, 2001 — 20 years…
Rising seas and melting glaciers: these changes are now irreversible, but we have to act to slow them down
After three years of writing and two weeks of virtual negotiations to approve the final wording, the Sixth Assessment Report…
The Beetaloo drilling program brings potential health and social issues for Aboriginal communities in remote NT
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been repeatedly harmed by policies and decisions that drive systematic dispossession, disempowerment, overincarceration…
Young Australians are supposedly ‘turning their backs’ on democracy, but are they any different from older voters?
The 2019 federal election saw the lowest voter turnout since compulsory voting was introduced in 1924. Only 91% of Australians…
Coral Bell: the ‘accidental academic’ who wanted to stop armageddon
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
UK already undergoing disruptive climate change, scientists say – BBC News
The UK is undergoing disruptive climate change with increased rainfall, sunshine and higher temperatures, scientists have said. The year 2020…
Inside one flood-wrecked house in Germany as people begin to rebuild – BBC News
Marion Wenzel showed us around her home that has been totally destroyed by the “catastrophic” flooding that hit Germany. Her…
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bob Brown on his latest environmental battle, and a critique of Labor
Since his retirement from parliament in 2012, Bob Brown has remained an activist on environmental causes – from campaigning against…
Is the COVID vaccine rollout the greatest public policy failure in recent Australian history?
Is the Morrison government’s COVID vaccination rollout program one of Australia’s biggest ever public policy failures? As COVID-19 infection numbers…
Public trust in the government’s COVID response is slowly eroding. Here’s how to get it back on track
Public trust is critically important during the pandemic. Without it, the changes to public behaviour that are necessary to contain…
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barnaby Joyce on net zero 2050, a coal-fired power station – and how resources is (sort of) in cabinet
Barnaby Joyce’s sudden elevation to deputy prime minister has put a significant obstacle in the way of Scott Morrison’s creep…
Included, but still marginalised: Indigenous voices still missing in media stories on Indigenous affairs
Since the British invasion of Gadigal land at Sydney Cove in 1788, race relations in Australia have been underscored by…
Why the way we talk about Olympian Laurel Hubbard has real consequences for all transgender people
When Laurel Hubbard was announced as the first out transgender woman athlete to compete in an individual sport at an…